Cuff-holder.



Patented Aug. 26, 1902.

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(Application filed Dec 30 19011 (No Mom.)

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SPENCER MCCAY, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 707,615, dated August 26, 1902. Application filed December 30, 1901. Serial No. 87.793. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SPENCER MoOAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention provides a holder for cuffs of novel and simple construction, being devoid of joints of any nature, which are liable to give way and materially add to the cost of manufacture.

In accordance with this invention the holder is formed of a single length of wire bent into the shape substantially as shown and comprising a button, a clip, and a shank.

The invention consists, essentially, of the novel features, details of construction, and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more fully described and finally embodied in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of a cuff-holder embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. Sis an edge view. Fig. 4 is a section on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an end view showing the jaws open. Fig. (i is a perspective View of the invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The holder comprises a button 1, clip 2, and stem 3 and is formed of a single length of spring-wire of suitable gage. The button 1 is approximately of S form and is located about midway of the ends of the wire blank and is in a different plane from the stem. The shank com prises members 4 and 5, which'normally tend to spring apart and are adapted to be pressed together for the purpose of open ing the jaws, as shown most clearlyin Fig. 5. The end portion of the member 4 is bent about at a right angle and terminates in the jaw o',which is inclined. A crimp 7 is formed midway of the bent end portion of themember 4 and constitutes a stop ,to-limitthe outward movement of the said member when released.

The part 8 adjacent to the member4 and between it and'the crimp 7 is'inclined in an opposite direction to the inclination of the jaw 6 and causes a separation of the jaws when the members 4 and 5 are pressed together.

The member 5 is bent to provide an eye 9, through which the inclined portion 8 of the bent end of the member4 passes, and a loopshaped jaw 10, the members of which are located upon opposite sides of the jaw 6, so as to admit of said jaw 6 passing therebetween, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4. The jaw 10 is about at a right angle to the member 5, and the opposing sides of the jaws 6 and 10 are roughened, toothed, or serrated to prevent slipping when a portion of the shirt-sleeve or other garment is clamped or gripped therebetween. The members 4 and 5 extend about in parallel relation and are resilient and constructed so as to spring apart, the outward movement being limited by the :crimp 7 engaging with the eye 9, which forms a guide for the bent portion of the member 4 to work through. Upon pressing the outer ends of the members 4 and 5 together the inclined portion riding through the guide-eye 9 causes a separation of the jaws 6 and 10, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 5, thereby admitting of a portion of the shirt-sleeve or other garment passing readilybetween said jaws. Upon releasing the members 4 and 5 they spring outward, and the inclined part 8 passing through the guideeye 9 causes the jaws 6 and 10 to close and grip the fabric passed therebetween. It will thus be understood that the jaws 6 and 10 open and close in a direction about at a right angle to the plane of movement of the said members 4 and 5, this being due to the riding of the inclined part S'upon the part 9 "as the said members are pressed in and move out. The button 1 is engaged with the cuff substantially as shown in Fig. 1 by passing the end of the holder having the clip through the buttonhole of the said cuff, this being the easiest and simplest way of applying the device to the cull. After the cuff has been placed in position upon the arm with the .holder attached thereto the jaws of the clip are separated by pressing the members 4 and 5 together, and a portion of the, shirt-sleeve or garment is passed between said jaws, and

upon releasing the members 4 and 5 they spring outward and cause the jaws to close upon and grip the fabric received therebetween, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In combination, a member having a jaw extended therefrom at about a right angle, a second member movable toward and from the first-mentioned member and having a part projected therefrom at approximately a right angle and comprising an inclined portion and a jaw, the said inclined portion riding upon a part of the first-described member to effect an opening and a closing of the jaws in a direction at a right angle to the plane of movement of the said members, substantially as described.

2. In combination, a member having a jaw extended therefrom at about a right angle, and a second member movable toward and from the first-mentioned member and having a part projected therefrom at approximately a right angle and comprising an inclined portion, a jaw and a stop between said inclined part and jaw, the said inclined portion riding upon a part of the first-mentioned member to effect an opening and a closing of the jaws in a direction at a right angle to the plane of movement of the said members and the said stop limiting the outward movement of the members when the jaws are closed, substantially as specified.

the plane of movement of the said members by the inclined part riding upon the firstmentioned member when the said members are 'moved laterally, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a member havinga jaw extended therefrom at about a right angle, and having a guide in line with said jaw, and a second member movable toward and from the aforementioned member and having a part projected therefrom at approximately a right angle and comprising a jaw and an inclined part, the latter adapted to operate in the guide to effect an opening and a closing of the jaws in a plane at a right angle to the plane of movement of the said members, substantially as specified.

5. In combination, a member having a jaw extended therefrom at about a right angle and composed of spaced parts, and having an eye in line with the space between the parts of the jaw to form a guide, and a second member having a part projected therefrom at approximately a right angle and comprising a jaw to enter the space between the parts of the first-mentioned jaw and an inclined portion mounted in the said guide and adapted to eifect an opening and a closing of the jaws in a direction at a right angle to the plane of movement of the members, substantially as described.

6. A cuff-holder constructed of a single length of wire and comprising a button for engagement with the cuff, spring members,a jaw and guide at the end of one of the said members,oppositely-inclined parts at the end of the other member, one of said inclined parts SPENCER MCCAY.

\Vitnesses:

A. B. LACEY. GENEVIEVE MATTHEWS. 

